Data infrastructure firm Inveniam Capital Partners has announced plans to acquire Layer 1 blockchain-based Mantra and its affiliates, deepening its stake in tokenized real-world assets (RWA).
The transaction follows a $20 million strategic investment by Inveniam in Mantra in August 2025, according to Tuesday’s announcement.
On May 13, Inveniam launched NVNM Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain on the Mantra platform designed to support asset verification without revealing sensitive information.
The acquisition expands Inveniam’s presence in infrastructure at the intersection of RWA tokenization and artificial intelligence.
Cointelegraph reached out to Mantra for additional details about the deal but did not receive a response via publication.
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A turbulent period for Mantra
In January, the company announced layoffs and restructuring after what CEO John Patrick Mullin described as the most hard year in its history, following the collapse of the OM token and prolonged market pressures.
According to CoinMarketCap, on April 13, 2025, the Mantra (OM) token experienced a 90% decline in a matter of hours, wiping out over $5 billion in market capitalization data.
OM/USD, all-time chart. Source: CoinMarketCap
In Post XMullin blamed the decline on “recklessly forced closures initiated by centralized OM account holder exchanges.”
“To be clear, this displacement was not caused by the team, the MANTRA Chain Association, its principal advisors, or the MANTRA investors selling the tokens. The tokens remain locked and are subject to published vesting periods,” Mullin added.
Inveniam plans to expand into digital private markets
Through the acquisition, Inveniam is looking to expand its presence in digital private markets, according to president and CEO Patrick O’Meara.
“This acquisition allows us to add value more quickly to the global private markets ecosystem,” he said. “This is what will enable our global ecosystem to deliver digital private markets to market operators, asset owners and institutional investors in private markets alongside global DeFi markets.”
O’Meara said the company’s earlier investment in Mantra reflected its view that it needed to integrate regulated blockchain infrastructure and AI-ready private market data, which later led to the launch of NVNM Chain.
